Improvement in lavatory-attachments for railroad-cars



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.IoIIN e. MIIIiDocK, orA CINCINNATI, oIIIo.

Letters Patent No. 96,259, dated October 26, 1869. Y 'Y A v i IMPROVEMENT Ibi' LAVATORY-ATTACHMENTS FOR RAILROAD-CARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. MUImocK, of OincinnatLHatmilton county, Ohio, have invented a new andv useful Lavatory-Attachmcnt for Railroad-Cars; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My improved lavatory isdesigned to supersede thecustomai'y apparatus for washing and drinking-purposes in railroad-cars, and particularly thepresent un` sightly and inconvenient elevated tanks, which occupy valuable space, are inaccessible to fill, cleanse, Sac.. and whose small pipes and faucets are subject to the inconveniences of freezing up in cold, and sweating in hot weather, and leaking at all times.

A represents a portion of a railroadcar provided with my improvement.

B is a metallic tank, surrounded by a wooden or other suit-able casing, C, and closed over by a marblel or other top, D, having an opening, E, closed by a lid or cap, 1", for filling orcleansing the tank, and another opening, G, for a basin, H, having the customary sink and stopper I J.

K is an aperture in the tank-bottom, through which the contents of the tank escape on lift-ing a plug, L.

M is a waste-pipe,- extending fronf. just below the sink I, out through the tank-bottom, and serving to conduct off any surplus water in the tank, and also thewaste water from the basin.

Water is conveyed from the tank to the basin by the represented orany other form of pump orl elevator, N.

This attachment has, over the common forms, the followingr advantages: l

Less room is taken up, the tank occupying only the vacant space enclosed under the basin.

-I have s elected'for illust-ration the form successfully introduced by me, but reserve the right to vary the same, as cases or circumstances may suggest. For example, instead ,of au open tank''frolii which the water is drawn by a puinp,- the apparatus may. bearranged to operate by atmospheric pressure, the tank,

in that oase, being made to stand a pressure of from four to ten pounds per squareinch, and the condensingpump, which produces the pressure, may he operated either from the axle ofthe car, or else by hand, or the water may be elevated by a chain, a dipper, or other l device. I

The tank may' be situated somewhat to one sideof' the position here shown,'or beextended laterally.

I claim herein as new, and of m'yv invention- 1. The described lavatory-attachment for railwaycars, consisting of a waste-way. basin H I J, a' tank B, and a pump, lN, constructed'and arranged substantially as shown and set forth.

2. The pipe M, adapted to form the overflow of the tank, and the waste-way of the basin, as set forth. In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand. i

. JOHN G. MURDOCK. Witnesses:

GEO. Hf. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

